Wringer-gearing.



N. HAkDIN. WBINGER GEABING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, L910.

Patented June 6, 1911.

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NEAL HARDIN, .OF MILES CITY, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-FOURTH TO LEWIS HAMEL, OF MILES CITY, MONTANA. 1

WRINGER-GEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 26, 1910. Serial No. 573,827.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

lle it known that I, NEAL HARDIN, a citimeri of the United States, residingat Miles ,City, in the county of Custer and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vringer-Gearing,

of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates particularly to an improved gearing for clothes wringers, my object being to provide a mechanism whereby a wringer may be continuously rotated to wring clothes into or out of a wash ing machine and the like and whereby its speed may be controlled. With this in "iew, my invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement and operation to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings. in which- Figure 1 is a :side elevation of the upper portion of a washing machine, to which my invention has been applied. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of one end of the wringer frame and the mounted.

Refer-ring now to these figures, I have shown my invention attached to a washing machine body A which I will hereafter term support, as it may be a wash tub or other receptacle.

' Mounted upon one side of the support A is a frame which supports a rotary shaft 11 about which is coiled a driving spring 12, one end of which spring 12 is attached to a collar 11 on said shaft and the other'end of which is attached to gear wheel 15. Shaft 11 also carries a ratchet wheel 13 in such position as to be engaged by a pawl 14 carried by the gear wheel 15 loose upon said shgftand provided with-a spring 16 hear ng against said pawl. ln this manner driving spring 12 may be wound by rotating shaft 11 in one d rection independent of gear 15.

As shown, gear wheel 15 has an outstanding circular side flange 17, the surface of which is smooth and forms a brake Slll'r face about whieh is looped a brake band 18, the ends of which are secured to portions of parts upon which itis a lever 20 upon opposite sides of its pivot- 20, said lever having a clamping bolt and nut 19 working in a curved slotted uide plate 21, whereby the lever and brake and may be secured in selected adjustment.

Extending laterally from the side of the support A, adjacent to its .upper edge, is a pair of stud shafts on which are loosely mounted pinions 22 and 23, pinion 22 ofwhich meshes with the gear wheel 15, and

ion 23 in engagement with said gear wheel 15.

top 25, superposed wringer rolls agenda bow-spring 27, the latter having its en ds '29tlireaded through the top 25 and bearing thereagainst. fliegwringer rolls 26 have re; dueedends projecting beyond one of the side frames and provided with intermeshing pinions 30, and the lower roll 26l1as a reduced extension on which is a gear wheel 31.. 24- have pins 24 which are slidable within tions 33 secured upon the upper side edges of the support A, and in this manner the wheel 31 with either of the pinions 22 and 23. As will be seen, the engagement of the movement of the wringer rolls in a direction adapted to wring the clothes out of the support A, while engagement thereof with the pinion 23'causes reverse movement of these same rolls to wring clothes into the support. 4

'lhe brackets 32 have side wings 32*, either of which may be moved downwardly to engage the wringer frame and hold same in adjusted position.

I claim:

A gearing comprising a. support, a comhined driving gear and brake wheel mount ed upon said support, means for rotating Patented June 6. 191 1 pinion 23 of whielrmeshes with anOtheFpin bearing downwardly upon blocks 28in the, V side'frames 2t above the upper rollerfltii and adjustable as to its pressure by a screw The lower portions of the side frames wringer may be moved to engage its gearsaid gear and wheel, an adjustable brake in,

The wringer comprises side frames 24,

slotted brackets 32 having down-turned por-- wringer gear 31 with pinion 22 causes" the I 2 connection therewith, oppositely rotating In testimony whereof I affix my signature gears mounted upon said support, and havin presence of two witnesses.

mg connectlon wlth sand first namegi gear, NEAL {ARDIN a member shdably mounted upon said support, and a gear carried by said member to Witnesses:

engage either of aforesaid oppositely rotat- F. D. SCOTT,

:ing gears. G. V. GERIIART. 

